Improvement in metal fences



H. NOBLIT.

Iron Fence.

Patented Sept. 3, 1861i UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

HENRY N OBLIT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN METAL FENCES.

1'0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY NoBLIT, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andImproved Mode of Fastening Iron Fence- VRailing Together; and I dohereby declare t hat the following is a full and exactdescripiionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, andto the letters of reference marked thereon.`

The nature of my invention consists of a button of cast-iron or othermetal used in the construction ot' iron railing and a recess ot railingadjustable to the button.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my button of iron or other metal in form as shown at lettera in the drawing, and my recess of railing of the same material, and, asshown at letter b, applicable to any design for railing, making orcasting each railing, as at e, withfour of such recesses, two at the topand two at the bottom', 0n the counterpart of the railing running acrossfrom one recess to the otherIhave a half-diamond groove, (marked g,)into which fits the stayrail, (marked 6,) which passes through a diamondopening in the rear of the button, (marked (L) which stay-rail can beextended to any required length,the whole being brought compactlyinplace by means of theiuutfon the screw at either end of the stay-rail,all of which is shown in the drawings, the button or disk-likeprojection serving to cover and protect the points of the sections orpanels.

By this improvement any desired shape or formcan be given to the fence,either for inside or outside of a circular plot or for an oblong orserpentine plot, the simplicity of adjustinent bringing it Within thepower of a child to fix the buttons at their proper distances on thestay-rail and button the rails to their places. What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The metallic button and the recess of railing adjusted to the button,constructed and arranged substantially as herein set forth, for thepurposes described.

HENRY NOBLIT. Witnesses:

HENRY GEWAY, J oHN NEWTON.

